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Here Comes The Nice |
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Von der 67er Immediate LP There Are But Four Small Faces Erste Immediate Single |
03:07 |
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The Autumn Stone |
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04:02 |
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Collibosher |
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03:15 |
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All Or Nothing (Live) |
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Von der 66er Decca Single |
03:03 |
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Red Balloon |
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Remake des 67er Tim Hardin Lieds |
04:17 |
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Lazy Sunday |
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Von der 68er Immediate LP Odgens´ Nut Gone Flake |
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Rollin' Over [Live] |
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02:22 |
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If I Were A Carpenter [Live] |
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02:33 |
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Every Little Bit Hurts [Live] |
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Remake des 5/64 Brenda Holloway Hits |
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My Mind's Eye |
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Von der 66er Decca Single A Top Five British hit for the Small Faces at the end of 1966, "My Mind's Eye" was quite a fine effort that saw the band, for the first time on 45, begin to expand from their mod-soul-rock roots to something a little more personal and psychedelic. The song begins with a twangy, catchy guitar riff that's immediately rejoined by two delicate bell peals and cymbal taps. The melody of the verses is almost like what you'd expect to hear sing by a church choir. And there's a good reason for that -- as co-composer Steve Marriott admitted shortly after the single's release, the tune was nicked from "Gloria in Excelsis." The lyrics weren't quite the same as that hymn, though, as the group sang -- with a catchy pop sense -- about dreaming, living for today, by looking into their own mind's eye. Thrown into this bucolic rumination is a Beatlesque bridge that gently mocks the straight world that regards such a pastime with puzzlement. Steve Marriott, known mostly for his gutsy soul-shouting style on previous Small Faces records, here adapts a more subdued but still forceful style, as is appropriate for the more subtle nuances of the single's style. The song does kind of putter around repetitiously on the fade, instead of coming to as dynamic a conclusion as it could have. Despite its success, the single sparked some discontent in the Small Faces' camp. It turned out the single was actually recorded as a demo, but released without their knowledge in unaltered form. -- Richie Unterberger |
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Tin Soldier |
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Von der 67er Immediate LP There Are But Four Small Faces |
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12 |
Just Passing |
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B-Seite von I Can't Make It |
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13 |
Call It Something Nice |
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02:07 |
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14 |
I Can't Make It |
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Von der 67er Decca Single |
02:06 |
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Afterglow (Of Your Love) |
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Von der 68er Immediate LP Odgens´ Nut Gone Flake |
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Sha La La La Lee |
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Von der 66er Decca Single |
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The Universal |
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Von der 68er Immediate Single |
02:44 |
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Itchycoo Park |
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Von der 67er Immediate LP There Are But Four Small Faces |
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Hey Girl |
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Von der 66er Decca Single Though "Hey Girl" made #10 in Britain in 1966, it's not often cited as one of the Small Faces' best early singles, overlooked in favor of titles like "What'cha Gonna Do About It," "Sha La La La Lee," "All or Nothing," and "My Mind's Eye." But really, "Hey Girl" is a pretty good raver, perhaps drawing the very first and most innocent phase of the Small Faces to a close, as they would lay on heavier soul and psychedelic influences from that point onward. It was also important to the band as this, their fourth single, marked the first hit they'd written themselves (they'd written their second single, "I've Got Mine," but that hadn't charted). Like "What'cha Gonna Do About It," it opens with a nice drum run from Kenney Jones, this one with something of a rat-a-tat rhythm. The lyrics of "Hey Girl" are pretty basic and innocuous, but the tune is a nice peppy catchy soul-rock blend, with a stiff bouncy rhythm that has just a trace of ska, perhaps. The rhythm gets more mod rocky, and more Who-ish in particular, in the circular burst of guitar power chords and splashing drums in the brief instrumental bit that surfaces at the very beginning and the middle. Like several other notable early Small Faces songs, the chorus is built around a cool call-and-response pattern between Steve Marriott and the rest of the band, Marriott soul-shouting as the band chants "Hey! Hey!" like football fans. If you're looking for a strange cover of "Hey Girl," to Anglo ears at least, go no further than the one, in French, by French rock star Ronnie Bird on his En Public album, recorded shortly after the original version hit the market. -- Richie Unterberger |
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20 |
Wide Eyed Girl On The Wall |
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02:49 |
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21 |
What'cha Gonna Do About It |
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Von der 65er Decca Single |
02:00 |
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22 |
Wham Bam Thank You Mam |
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B-Seite von Afterglow (Of Your Love) |
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